One week into the Jesus Crusade - An old lady (who has had a stroke) was carried in by her son and walked out…

Psalm 144 .. “You are our Rock and strong tower, who teaches our hands to war and our fingers to fight… Lord, what is man that you take notice of him?…Bow Your heavens ,O Lord, and come down…cast forth lightning.. stretch forth Your Hand from above .. and rescue the people (of Amaoti)… that their sons shall be as plants and blessed will the people be whose God is the LORD…”

As we, the body of Christ working together in unity, do our part, God does His part…

As we work together in unity, God commands a blessing…

What a blessing to see many churches working together to see the lost come to Jesus.

They are coming, friends, hundreds each night are giving their lives to Jesus. Pray for their protection, that satan will not rob them of their salvation. Pray for radical changes to take place in their lives… pray for leaders to emerge…

The young men and teenagers are starting to come forward. One young teen cut off his ancestral “ties” around his wrist on Sunday..

The children continue to pour in each night. One young boy, under 6 years old, got on the bus by himself to come to the crusade and told the driver exactly where to drop him off going home. They said his wisdom is way beyond his years…

The kids ministry on Saturday and Sunday morning was filled with music, dancing, fun and laughter. Over 1,200 kids attended on the Sunday.

They are receiving the truth.. not man’s traditions or our western ways.. just the mind of Christ – His word…

God said He was raising up an Abraham, Isaac, Nehemiah and Elijah, and an Ishmail is also going to come (there is an Islamic school in Amaoti!)

The young 10 year old boy, who we nicknamed Abraham, continues to amaze us as he is there every night and attends every discipleship training session after school. He speaks perfect English and yet his whole family can hardly understand. He brought his mother and sisters on Saturday night and they too gave their lives to Jesus. (the father remained at home because he had been drinking). His mother said young “Abraham” has always loved Jesus. We told him that God is raising up leaders to lead the people of Amaoti out of darkness and bondage and he replied: “I hope that will be me”…

The speakers from African Enterprise did an amazing work of hard hitting, straight talking truth and for the week we have registered 900 new believers.

The 7 young A.E. “foxfires” went to all the schools during the day sharing with the kids and teens and were a real blessing. Their dance routines during 2 of the evening sessions were a great hit with the Amaoti people and the helpers!

The “Jesus is Alive” dancers performed on the Wednesday night giving glory to God in a mighty way. The crowd went wild and many seeds were planted..

Zamo and his music team from Kwamashu Christian Centre performed tirelessly every night and truly set the tone of the joy of the Lord for the whole crusade, to such an extent that we have asked them to continue for the rest of the month.

“Never before have the people of Amaoti experienced so much joy”…(quote from the Amaoti Police Commissioner).

The Hindu headmaster from the local school said – what they are talking about in their education department meetings (how to change the moral standard of the children) we are actively doing…He doesn’t yet realize that only Jesus can change lives…

It’s all about JESUS…

An old lady (who has had a stroke) was carried in by her son and walked out…

Only Jesus can heal the sick, bind up and heal the broken-hearted, proclaim liberty to the captives and set them free…give them the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a heavy, burdened and failing spirit… that they may become trees of righteousness, a planting of the Lord, for His Glory.

And they shall rebuild the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations and renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations…

For as the earth brings forth its shoots and as the garden causes what is sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause righteousness, justice and praise to spring forth before all nations… Isaiah 61

Our god is able to turn ashes to beauty in His timing…

Vision: Sangomas are firing arrows (as they feel threatened).. please pray for protection for all .. many of us are sick with the flu and one has pains in her heart area…pray for perpetrators to come and be set free!

As we prepare for the 2^nd week, a wonderful evangelist, Dick Khoza, from Rhema church in Gauteng, preached up a storm and drew in many young teenage males.

He spoke about the reconciliation between the churches / races and the unity of the churches working together and said afterwards that this crusade needs to go to all the townships…. He said the biggest problem has been that the African people cannot organize these crusades and the whites and Indians have been too afraid to go into the townships…

Help us Holy Spirit, to fear God and not man… to be too afraid not to GO…..

We have brothers and sisters praying all over the world, in England, Scotland, Canada, U.S.A., Australia, Zimbabwe and all over South Africa. You are carrying the crusade…

May you be truly blessed and catch the fire of God as it spreads… Let it burn until Jesus comes again. Halleluyah. Amen.

The rain continues to pour down but the people continue to come…what we see in the physical we believe is happening in the spiritual –

RAIN DOWN, HOLY SPIRIT, RAIN DOWN…

As I was pleading with God to stop the rain, I felt Him saying that it is cleansing, it is doing its work. After the rain, comes the harvest – and they will come in their thousands, as He showed me 3 years ago….

Pray for the HARVEST…SHEPHERDS to be raised….that not one will be lost…

Pray that they fall on the ROCK and not be crushed…

Pray for them to hear the FULL GOSPEL and only the gospel preached…

Pray for FAMILY life to be restored…

Pray GOD’S GLORY to be revealed…

Pray for HOLY SPIRIT FIRE TO FALL….

IMMANUEL – GOD WITH US.

Many blessings,

Tich and Joan